Even in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
MICHAEL PHELPSMy goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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People say to me, ‘You’re so lucky. You get to see the world.’ But I don’t. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That’s it.
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It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your – whatever you excel at, you’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.
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I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, ‘Well, what do I do? What’s best for me?’ I need to look into options for the future.
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I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it’s kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.
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If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don’t have a strict diet. It’s all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.
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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.
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I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.
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I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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